3rd Ingredient®

Advice, information and training in the field of economics, business operations and business management.

3RD INGREDIENT® is a fundamental belief system originating with Jim Blasingame.

3RD INGREDIENT® is a line of products and services offered by Jim including a series of books, written articles and publications, and educational materials; advisory services; and consulting/training all in the field of Economics, Business Operations and Business Management.

Please browse the following selection of 3RD INGREDIENT® educational audio products to learn more about Jim’s motivational beliefs, products, and services concerning small business economics and operations; including Jim's exclusive series of 3RD INGREDIENT® shows.

Steve DelBianco
Steve DelBianco joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the imperative of converting our analog ethics into a system we can apply to our increasing use of digital leverage.
Donna Orender
Donna Orender joins Jim Blasingame to talk about celebrating young women and helping them have the maximum opportunity to be successful, while not minimizing young men.
Kathy Perry
Kathy Perry joins Jim Blasingame to report on the new revelations that Google and Facebook have allowed their users’ privacy to be breached, and then tried to hide it.
George Giaglis
George Giaglis joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the ways small businesses can use the blockchain platform to gain access to capital and conduct business globally.
George Giaglis
George Giaglis joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the different ways the small business sector can disregard historical intermediaries by using blockchain contracts to start and fulfill business relationships globally.
George Giaglis
George Giaglis joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the way businesses should think about how to define blockchain and how they can use it to their advantage.
Jim Blasingame
Jim Blasingame reveals why the Amazon plan to pay $15 minimum wage has more to do with their strategic plan than their benevolence, and why that’s not good for small businesses.
Charles Wheelan
Charles Wheelan joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the reasons there are way too many job openings and way too few qualified applicants.
Nick  Cioffi
Nick Cioffi joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that his education didn’t prepare him for what he needed to know about the fundamentals of customer service.
Jane Pollak
Jane Pollak joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that your next personal or professional transition could happen any time, often do with regularity, and how to be prepared.